The Finnish Association of Interior Architects, SIO, has elected Yuki Abe as the 2021 Furniture Designer.
Yuki Abe (b. 1974) graduated from the University of Art and Design, UIAH, as an interior architect and furniture designer in 2005 and had studied before that at the Lahti Institute of Design as well as the Musashino Art University in Tokio.
Yuki Abe (Mottowasabi) has designed the following furniture collections for Vivero:
Hanabi, Blom, Inari, Päre, Caesar, Tomoko, Laavu, Kimono and Nunna.
According to the jury, furniture designed by Yuki Abe is sympathetic and playful with an emphasis on polished details and usability. Abe’s designs are distinctive and inventive, and the final products combine Japanese and Finnish minimalistic ethics beautifully. Abe is productive and has gained success in a challenging field;
Finnish furniture design needs talents like him and high-quality products with a twist.